Sweet Potato Biscuits
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Recipe type: Bread
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Serves: makes about 16 biscuits
 
Ingredients
  • ~2 sweet potatoes, peeled (enough to make 1 cup mashed)
  • 2¼ cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1 stick cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 450.
  2. Bring a medium sized pot of water to boil. Add peeled sweet potatoes and cook until soft. Drain water and mash potatoes. Measure out 1 cup and transfer to a bowl to cool.
  3. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Using a pastry cutter or forks, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  4. Once sweet potatoes have cooled, whisk together sweet potatoes and buttermilk. Pour mixture into bowl with dry ingredients. Using a wooden spoon, mix until a loose dough forms.
  5. Turn dough out on a lightly floured surface. Pat into a large disc about 1 inch thick. Use a glass or a cookie cutter to punch out 2 to 2½ inch circles. Transfer biscuits to a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Gently press together remaining scraps of dough and repeat until all dough is used up.
  6. Bake biscuits for 15 minutes, until golden brown.
Recipe by Things I Made Today at https://www.thingsimadetoday.com/2015/03/09/sweet-potato-biscuits/